We’ve had Persona 5, we’ve had Persona 5 Royale, we’ve had Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and likewise Persona 5 Strikers. That’s a lot of Persona 5, however Sega and Atlus determine we will deal with much more, as a result of one other spinoff has simply been introduced, this one known as Persona: Phantom of the Evening.
As Persona Central have translated, this one—with a shortened identify of P5X—is a cell recreation being launched by Chinese language firm Good World Video games. Earlier than you go switching off at that like I nearly did, although, simply…take a look at this trailer:
And this one, which options some gameplay:
I feel these clips look cool as hell. And the little owl! And everybody’s character designs! They’re good (long-time collection designer Shigenori Soejima labored on the primary character and owl sidekick, which might clarify that). This footage clearly seems cool as hell as a result of it seems identical to the Persona 5 we performed on consoles/PC, right down to the combo of exploration/classwork and turn-based fight, however it doesn’t actually appear to point out what sort of gacha, microtransaction or cost programs are going to be in place, which in fact may very well be an absolute dealbreaker. Guess we’ll should see how that every one works when the sport’s first public take a look at takes place on March 29.
You play a highschool scholar whose dad and mom are “travelling overseas”, leaving you residence alone to juggle going to high school throughout the day and preventing demons by evening, the trailer suggesting the story goes to comply with a really related path as the primary recreation, simply with a contemporary group of youngsters, teammates and doable social hyperlinks (although Joker and crew do make an look primarily based on a screenshot from the official website).
If you wish to see some extra of the wonderful character design work, you may take a look at the sport’s official website (although you’ll must translate it because it’s all in Chinese language).
